The best performance I've ever seen + Derek Jacobi | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/series/best-performance-i-ve-ever-seen+culture/derek-jacobi
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Lee Hall: the best performance I've ever seenhttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/oct/23/best-performance-lee-hall-cyrano
Derek Jacobi in Cyrano de Bergerac, RSC at the Barbican, London, 1983<p>A small group of us were on a school trip and our teacher, Hilary Durman, managed to get us possibly the worst seats in the house for <em>Cyrano de Bergerac</em>, the dramatic tale of a noble French soldier whose love for his cousin, Roxane, is obscured by self-doubt provoked by his ugly nose. As a 16-year-old you're really not expecting much of a night out at the RSC, but it was amazing. I think I fell in love with theatre that evening.</p><p>Cyrano is such a bravura part in an unbelievably theatrical play. Everything about Derek Jacobi's performance was larger than life. It was the first time that I had seen a great actor command an audience in that way. It was thrilling to see somebody who knew how to entertain with something that was so poetic and verbally dextrous, but all of that was just grist to the mad energy of the performance.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/oct/23/best-performance-lee-hall-cyrano">Continue reading...</a>Lee HallDerek JacobiTheatreStageCultureBarbicanSat, 22 Oct 2011 23:06:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/oct/23/best-performance-lee-hall-cyranoPhotograph: Richard Mildenhall/xxxDerek Jacobi and Alice Krige in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Barbican: 'The ovation was like a tidal wave.' Photograph: Richard MildenhallPhotograph: Richard Mildenhall/xxxDerek Jacobi and Alice Krige in Cyrano de Bergerac at the Barbican: 'The ovation was like a tidal wave.' Photograph: Richard MildenhallGemma Kappala-Ramsamy2011-10-22T23:06:31Z